దేవర

Telugu

Noun

దేవర • (dēvara) m (plural దేవరలు)

1. God.

   Synonym: దేవుడు (dēvuḍu)

   బొజ్జదేవర

   bojjadēvara

   tummy god

2. A lord or master

   Synonym: స్వామి (svāmi)

3. My lord, Sir.
4. A title of respect used in addressing superiors.

   దేవరవారు

   dēvaravāru

   your honour

References

• దేవర at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
• Budaraju Radhakrishna (1971) “దేవర”, in Early Telugu Inscriptions (up to 1100 A.D.) with Texts, Glossary & Brief Linguistic History., Kalabhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi, page 349.